[AT] Flail mowers

[charlie hill]

Greetings from Jacksonville FL.
Down here to watch a niece graduate from law school.

Mike is there any where for the pasture to drain to?
I hope you aren't the lowest piece of land around and everyone
is draining on you.  Assuming there is some change in elevation
somewhere you might eventually have to build some slope into
it.   It can be done with bottom plows with time and patience.
More info on the land would help.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 11:34 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Flail mowers

Mowing infrequently is a huge part of the problem Charlie, and it's not
because of not wanting to. The land is wet until around June, and I
can't get on it to mow. I am working on solutions to get it to drain
better, but it's a slow, trial and error process. Now that I have a 4
wheel drive tractor, I could probably mow it sooner, but would make a
mess in the process. Last year I couldn't mow until the grass was 6 feet
high. I think I would have been better off leaving it alone and burning
it off in the Spring.

Mike M


On 5/15/2015 4:00 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Mike, if you are cutting it infrequently enough that you have a problem 
> with
> large windrows of grass then a finish mower is NOT going to stand up to 
> the
> task.
> Or at least the ones I've been around will not.   A good bush hog with 
> good,
> sharp
> blades on it will mow a pasture to look almost as good as a finish mower 
> but
> you
> can't let it get so high or mow in wet conditions.  Also some bush hogs 
> have
> removable
> discharge panels so that the grass can blow out the rear or to one side.
>
> I always try to mow pastures in a pattern such that I'm cutting back over
> any windrow
> I leave with the next pass of the mower.  In other words, if my bush hog 
> is
> leaving
> the windrow on the right side I work around the pasture so that the right
> side of the
> bush hog is always toward the uncut grass.  On the next pass I'm 
> re-cutting
> the windrow
> along with the next portion of grass.  If you are getting a lot of windrow
> it's because
> you are cutting more grass than the bush hog is able to disperse, just the
> same as with
> your lawn mower.
>
> I've never used a flail mower but a friend of mine used to use one to mow
> his mobile home park.
> It does a fine job.  However, they are a bit more of a maintenance 
> challenge
> than a bush hog or
> finish mower.  Still even with a flail, if the grass is too high and thick
> it has to go somewhere and
> it will pile up.   The key is to keep the pasture mowed more often.
>
> My two cents worth.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 10:11 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Flail mowers
>
> ?? so yes on the flail or keep the hog, or go with a finish mower?
>
> Mike M
>
>
> On 5/14/2015 8:54 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>> A tough finish mower used a few more times a year than I would a bush hog
>> does great in my 4 acres.
>>
>> Spencer
>>
>>> On May 14, 2015, at 20:11, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have about 5-7 acres of horse pasture that i mow, and have been using
>>> a brush hog, John Deere 513? What I don't care for is how it leaves
>>> windrows and clumps of the taller grass. I would be interested in
>>> getting some opinions on flail mowers.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike M
>>>
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